In most cases, the child will struggle with difficulties in oral communication, organizational skills, following instructions, and telling time.

在多数情况下，孩子在口语交流、组织能力、听从指挥和报告时间方面比较困难。

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Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.

汤姆立即告诉我他来的原因。

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Ever since Einstein, physicists have been telling us that time—this steady tick-tock of the universe—is much weirder than we think.

自从爱因斯坦以来，物理学家们一直告诉我们，时间——这个宇宙稳定的滴答滴答声——远远比我们想象的还要神奇。

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It's telling time.

它能显示时间

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Now this on page 2. This is how he talks: All this time Dean was telling Marylou things like this.

这是在第二页，他这样说：,一直以来安总是对玛丽露说些这样的话。

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At a time when beards meant a great deal religiously, he's telling the men to shave off their beards.

在当时人们把大胡子当做虔诚的象征,彼得却叫人把胡子都刮了

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If we are looking at a perfect watch we are looking at the perfect machine for telling time.

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Yet aside from athletes who like to keep track of running or swimming times with a stopwatch, when was the last time you bought a watch that was intended for anything more than telling time and making a fashion statement?

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Fossil also offered a slick LCD watch with its Philippe Starck O-Ring Digi Watch for Fossil, which provides a clear visual reminder of when its time to get your wrist hair waxed, but the hipsters at Tokyo Flash have struck out with the JLr7. a timepiece that brings incredible complexity to what should be a simple act of telling time.

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